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Doves Press: Milton (John)

Description:

A SPEECH BY MR. JOHN MILTON FOR THE LIBERTY OF UNLICENCED PRINTING TO THE PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND.

Printed from the First Edition 'Printed in the Yeare 1644.

74 + (i colophon) pages, full limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, one of 300 copies on paper, a very good copy.

With the original prospectus issued by the Doves Press loosely inserted (see addtitional image 2).

Details:

  • Publisher: Doves Press
  • Publisher Place: Hammersmith
  • Date of Publication: 1907
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Small 4to (245 x 170 mm)
  • Lot No: 344
  • Hammer Price: $600
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 26
  • Estimate: $800/900
  • Reserve: $600

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Seller Details:

  • Name: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Address: P.O. Box 186, Constantia, (Cape Town), 7848, South Africa
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: africana@clarkes.co.za
  • Website: www.clarkes.co.za
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard, Bank tranfers
  • Trade Association: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
  • Additional Information:

    Phone: 0027 21 794 0600

    Founded in 1958, Clarkes specialises in Africana and general antiquarian books, prints, maps and ephemera. Africana Catalogues are issued four times a year. All subjects are covered including, African exploration and travel, missionary endeavour, ethnography, Bushmen and rock art, big-game hunting, military history, the Anglo Boer War, Boer War ephemera, Zulu War and the First World War in East Africa and South West Africa, natural history (botany, ornithology, etc.), Mining (particularly diamonds and gold), Natal & Zululand, Namibia, art & architecture, literature & politics. Also Maps, prints and ephemera. We offer an active search service for all antiquarian and secondhand books.